Mount Koven, Denali National Park

#30 among attractions in Denali National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

Map

Facts and practical information

Mount Koven is a 12,142-foot mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Eldridge lies to the northeast of Denali on Karstens Ridge, with Mount Carpe to the northeast on the Carpe Ridge extension of Denali's northeast buttress. Mount Koven overlooks the Great Icefall of Muldrow Glacier, with the west fork of Traleika Glacier to the east. It was named for Theodore G. Koven, who, while trying to rescue Allen Carpé from a crevasse in Muldrow Glacier, fell into the same crevasse and was killed while on the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition in May 1932. ()

Elevation: 12142 ftProminence: 1260 ftCoordinates: 63°8'3"N, 150°53'49"W

Address

Denali National Park United States

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Denali National Park

Day trips

Mount Koven – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Denali, Alaska Range, Fourteener, Mount Tatum.

5.6 miSW
North America's tallest mountain
Denali, Denali National Park
144 min walk • Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level. With a topographic prominence of 20,194 feet and a topographic isolation of 4,621.1 miles, Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Alaska Range, Denali National Park
144 min walk • The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast.
5.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fourteener, Denali National Park
144 min walk • In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 ft. The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Mississippi River. Colorado has the most of any single state; Alaska is second with 29.
4.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tatum, Denali National Park
108 min walk • Mount Tatum is a 11,053-foot mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Tatum lies to the northeast of Denali on Carpe Ridge with Muldrow Glacier to the west and Traleika Glacier to the east.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Peters Glacier, Denali National Park
118 min walk • Peters Glacier, also known as Hanna Glacier and Hudeetsedle Toyaane' is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Traleika Glacier, Denali National Park
118 min walk • Traleika Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates from two forks on either side of Farthing Horn on the east side of Denali.
4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Harper Glacier, Denali National Park
102 min walk • Harper Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates on Denali at more than 19,000 feet between Denali's North Peak and South Peak, falling to the northeast between the Karsten Ridge and the Taylor Spur.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Carpe, Denali National Park
43 min walk • Mount Carpe is a 12,552-foot mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, on a northeast buttress of Denali. The Carpe Ridge includes Mount Tatum. Mount Carpe was named in 1943 by the U.S. Army Test Expedition after Allen Carpé, who was killed along with Theodore G.